Sentences with phrase «governing teacher tenure protections»

Alexandria, VA — In a sweeping victory for education reformers in California, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that state laws governing teacher tenure protections are unconstitutional.

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In April, the California Court of Appeal overturned the trial court's ruling in Vergara v. California [i], in which a group of families had challenged the constitutionality of state laws governing teacher tenure [ii](California state law automatically grants tenure to teachers after sixteen months, provides extra due process protections to teachers over and above those available to other state workers, and requires schools to use seniority rather than competency in layoff decisions.)

Ruling in Vergara v. California, Treu struck down five decades - old California laws governing teacher tenure and other job protections on the grounds that they violate the state's constitution.